[PDF] Top 20 Functional and cognitive decline in hospitalized elderly

... towards functional cognitive ...(admission and discharge) and age and length of stay allowing to realize that, in this sample, older individuals and those who remained ... See full document

... improvements in cognitive function may be associated with neuroplastic- ...structural and functional self-repair in the brain ...plasticity in the older adult brain may slow the ... See full document

... used and the gender of the institutionalized elderly with high performance of the cognitive state (Chi- square = ...15.04 and P = 0.131). The most used drugs were those that work in the ... See full document

... that in studies of cognitive aging it is important to take into account prior cognitive ability from an age where cognitive decline has not yet begun ...with cognitive ... See full document

... evidence in the literature on the effect of multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary actions on health or in the treatment of the elderly with Alzheimer’s ...made in databases, without accrual ... See full document

... with cognitive and functional impairment in the ...low-educated elderly patients and at investigating the role of DEP as a moderator of cognitive im- pairment in ... See full document

... of cognitive/functional impairment in community- dwelling elderly above 60 years of age (n= 870; m=297, f=573) and the relationship of age, gender, and functional ... See full document

... reports in the literature that individu- als with MCI may exhibit some or no impairment in the performance of daily life activities such as climb- ing stairs or manipulating objects (8, ...that ... See full document

... 247 elderly women, after the following exclusions: one individual was excluded due to a diagnosis of cognitive decline; 33 participants were excluded due to a change of address or interrupted ... See full document

... to cognitive impairment in the elderly ...lesions and atherosclerotic occlusion of the cerebral arteries may unmask or strengthen the clinical expression of cognitive decline ... See full document

... 1,047 elderly (≥ 60 years) inpatients at- tending a General Hospital in Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil were selected be- tween June 2006 and January ...(SUS) and private health ... See full document

... the cognitive performance ...Test), and informant-based questionnaires ...of Cognitive Decline in the Elderly - ...used cognitive screening test and has been ... See full document

... The functional capacity evaluated by the Barthel index indicated that only 24% of sample was completely dependent, while 39%, independent and 37%, ...The functional dependence level of elderly ... See full document

... Estabelecer o continuum de declínio cognitivo e funcional no envelhecimento normal para o patológico é desafi ador. Nesta transição está o Comprometimento Cognitivo Leve (CCL), defi nido por prejuízo sutil na cognição e ... See full document

... the elderly have regularly to work together with general hospitals to provide care to acutely ill residents or when they require all together more complex diagnostic procedures and multi-specialty ...home ... See full document

... Furlaneto and Garcez-Leme prospectively evaluated the evolution of cognitive and functional performance and mor- tality among 103 elderly patients who were delirious dur- ing ... See full document

... of functional dependence for Basic Activities of Daily Living (BADL) in hospitalized ...records and assessed dependence to BADL (by the Katz Index) of 100 elderly admitted to a ... See full document

... overall and domain scores on all cognitive ...scores. In addition, younger elderly, with different educational levels, had better cognitive performance on the tests as well as better ... See full document

... Mild Cognitive Impairment is characterized as an intermediate form between age-related change and ...the elderly, autonomy and independence are related to the ability to remain active ... See full document

... performed in two nursing homes located in the city of Marilia-São Paulo, ...linguistic and cognitive capacities sufficient to comprehend and answer the questions and tests fixed ... See full document